The best PC games around – essential pick-ups from every genre

The best PC games With unparalleled accessibility and endless upgradability, it’s no wonder that millions of gamers around the world think PC is the best place to play. Because of the platform’s history, curating a list of every great PC game throughout the ages would be a tough task, so we’ve put together a list of modern titles that’re the best PC games to spend your time with right now. So, in alphabetical order, here’re 50 of the best PC games around. Cities Skylines – Honorable mentions: Prison Architect, Tropico 5 In an alternate universe where EA and Maxis didn’t drop the ball, this slot is occupied by the latest and greatest SimCity release. In fact, Cities: Skylines developer Colossal Order was miserably certain its project wouldn’t be greenlit thanks to SimCity’s announcement – but its subsequent pratfall only made Paradox more eager to bring PC gamers what they wanted most. The best way to describe Cities: Skyline is “SimCity but made by people who liked the same things about the series as you did”. The indie team has demonstrated tremendous commitment to ongoing support, too. Civilization 6 – Honorable mentions: Total War Rome 2, Endless Legend Dissatisfied with the way of the world right now? Fire up Civ 6 and it’ll be 2019 before you know it. This latest entry into Sid Meier’s Civilization series is an astonishing time sink, with the possibility to spend more than 1,000 hours across multiple games scrapping your way to global domination using… [Read full story]